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<title>Logging</title>
<para>This chapter briefly describes server logging. For audit information,
see the chapter on <link xlink:href="integrators-guide#chap-auditing"
xlink:role="http://docbook.org/xlink/role/olink"><citetitle>Audit
Logging</citetitle></link>.</para>
<para>You can configure logging by editing the
<filename>conf/logging.properties</filename> file where you installed
OpenIDM.</para>
<para>The default configuration writes log messages in simple format to
<filename>logs/openidm*.log</filename> files where you installed
OpenIDM, rotating files when the size reaches 5 MB, and retaining up to 5
files. Also by default, OpenIDM writes all system and custom log messages
to the files.</para>
<para>You can update the configuration to attach loggers to individual
packages, setting the log level to using the following values.</para>
<programlisting language="none">
SEVERE (highest value)
WARNING
INFO
CONFIG
FINE
FINER
FINEST (lowest value)</programlisting>
</chapter>